House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi doesn’t much like being called “Princess Nancy” by GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain.

“I’m too old to be a princess,” Pelosi, who is 71, told POLITICO in an interview — the first time she’s responded to Cain’s “princess” comment from last week at a GOP debate.

“Is there an inference to be drawn that there was some divine right to my becoming a leader of the Democrats? Is there some inference to be drawn that it wasn’t because of hard work and strength and strategic thinking about power? I don’t know what the inference to be drawn is.”

Pelosi added: “But you know what? I’m more concerned about what his policies are and what that says about his addressing the concerns of the American people. I was more concerned when he said for people out of work, it’s their own fault.”

Cain made the comment in response to a question during a Republican debate last week. In response to a question on health care policy, Cain complained that Pelosi, who was speaker during the 111th Congress, would not move forward with legislation sponsored by Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.).

“We didn’t hear about it in the previous Congress because Princess Nancy sent it to committee and it stayed there,” Cain said during Wednesday’s debate.

As a radio host, Cain has also used the “Princess Nancy” title when referring to Pelosi.

Cain, who is still reeling from the fallout from a sexual harassment scandal that has engulfed his campaign, later tried to walk back the comment about Pelosi.

“That was a statement that I probably shouldn’t have made, but I was trying to make a point,” Cain said during an interview on CNBC.

In an appearance at a Michigan campaign stop on the following day, Cain apologized for his remark.

“I apologized for calling her Princess Pelosi,” Cain said during a brief press appearance.

Cain, though, did took a further shot at Pelosi for her criticism of the tea pary movement.

“I remember when Speaker Pelosi called me and the tea party people ‘Astroturf.’ I don’t remember anybody asking about that story,” the New York Times reported.